The Writer Chords

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Capo:	2nd fret

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Capo 2
 
[Intro]
C Em D
C Em D
C Em D
D C Em G
 
[Verse 1]
     C           Em
You wait for a silence
   G          D
I wait for a word
       C            Em
Lying next to your frame
 G       D
Girl unobserved
      C           Em
You change your position
          G     D
You're changing me
   C            Em
Casting these shadows
       D             G
Where they shouldn't be
 
[Pre-Chorus]
C           Em
We're interrupted
        G          D
By the heat of the sun
C           Em
Trying to prevent
         G       D
What's already begun
C              Em
You're just a body
        G        D
I can smell your skin
     C          Em
And when I feel it
         D      G
You're wearing thin
 
[Chorus]
     Em      C  D
But I've got a plan
           D           Em
Why don't you be the artist
     C             G
And make me out of clay?
           D           Em
Why don't you be the writer
  C                G
Decide the words I say?
            Em     G
Cause I'd rather pretend
            D               Em
I'll still be there at the end
           C           Em
Only it's too hard to ask
           D          G
Won't you try to help me?
 
[Verse 2]
C           Em
Sat on your sofa
     G            D
It's all broken springs
       C           Em
This isn't the place for
        G        D
Those violin strings
   C           Em
I try out a smile
      G         D
And I aim it at you
     C           Em
You must have missed it
       D    G
You always do
 
[Chorus]
     Em      C  D
But I've got a plan
   D           Em
Why don't you be the artist
     C             G
And make me out of clay?
           D           Em
Why don't you be the writer
  C                G
Decide the words I say?
            Em     G
Cause I'd rather pretend
            D               Em
I'll still be there at the end
           C           Em
Only it's too hard to ask
           D          G
Won't you try to help me?
 
[Bridge]
 C
You wait
        Em
I wait
Em         D
Casting shadows
    D
Interrupted
 
C
You wait
        Em
I wait
Em         D
Casting shadows
    D
Interrupted
 
 C
You wait
        Em
I wait
Em         D
Casting shadows
    D
Interrupted
 
 C
You wait
        Em
I wait
Em         D
Casting shadows
 
[Chorus]
     Em      C  D
But I've got a plan
         D           Em
Why don't you be the artist
     C             G
And make me out of clay?
           D           Em
Why don't you be the writer
  C                G
Decide the words I say?
            Em     G
Cause I'd rather pretend
            D               Em
I'll still be there at the end
 
           C           Em
Only it's too hard to ask
           D          G
Won't you try to help me?
 
[Chorus]
But I've got a plan
 
        D           Em
Why don't you be the artist
     C             G
And make me out of clay?
           D           Em
Why don't you be the writer
  C                G
Decide the words I say?
            Em     G
Cause I'd rather pretend
            D               Em
I'll still be there at the end
 
           C           Em
Only it's too hard to ask
           D          G
Won't you try to help me?
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The Writer – Ellie Goulding

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Few corrections, D Em Why don't you be the artist C G And make me out of clay? Em G Cause I'd rather pretend D Em I'll still be there at the end They're the only things that stand out to me :)

I thing the correct way of plaing this is: [tab]Em[/tab] [tab]C[/tab] You wait for a silence [tab]G[/tab] [tab]D[/tab] I wait for a word

Was the first song I had the confidence to play and share with others